Java Private Field Visibility

Question

So I was making a class the other day and used Eclipse\'s method to create the equals method when I realized that it generated the following working code:

Answer 1

The simple answer to this confusion is to remember that private field are visible only and only in the class where they are initialize( and defined)....So when you make an object of the class inside the class, you can always access the private field of that class through the object reference. May be you feel its difficult but just think private field is just like a public field when you are using it inside the class where it is defined.